Board Memberships and Affiliations

Committee Member and Extension Educator

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With annual plantings and additions since then, the arboretum is thriving, said Ron Seymour, a committee member and extension educator for the Adams County University of Nebraska-Lincoln extension office.

Since 2008, Seymour said about 140 trees have been planted in the Highland Park Arboretum.

Adams County Extension Educator Ron Seymour said the event was going well Saturday, and students were learning and having fun.

"What I really want them to learn is … new skills on how to handle their dogs.
When they learn those things, their experience with their dog improves and they learn how better to be responsible with those animals," he said.

"You walk across the edge of some fields and it looks like it is moving," said Ron Seymour, a University of Nebraska extension educator based in Hastings.

Farmers are left with two options: They can hold out for a change in the weather -- rain would encourage the spread of predators and diseases that can kill off grasshoppers -- or they can spray pesticides.But spraying can be costly.

Hiring an aerial sprayer can cost $6 to more than $11 per acre depending on the type of land and the chemicals used, said Dahl Jungren, owner of Flying J Aviation in Broken Bow.Cropland is more expensive than rangeland.

Ron Seymour with the UNL Extension Office in Adams County says this leading industry in our state affects everyone.
In the City of Hastings, agriculture is also a large part of the economy, as there are industrial businesses that get money circulated from the farmers' success with the crop.
Seymour says we should take pride in our agriculture industry and encourages Nebraskans to understand the importance, and support their local farmers.

The potential for grasshopper damage increases as summer progresses, said Ron Seymour, an extension educator with UNL Extension in Adams County.

"Adult grasshoppers will be more likely to move into yards and gardens in July and August," he said.
And problems could become more severe as farm fields mature and are harvested, and grasshoppers move to find new food sources, he said.

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Eastern and central Nebraska are most affected by grasshopper invasions this year, Seymour said.

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Seymour said insecticides are more effective when grasshoppers are one-half-inch to three-fourths-inch long.